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It is hard for Gothamist to imagine a nicer weather day than today. Mostly sunny skies, a slight breeze and a high around 74. With winds out of the south coastal areas will be a few degrees cooler. A big high pressure system is dominating the weather scene over the eastern half of the country. There will be fewer clouds tomorrow and the high will reach into the low-80s. Warmer still on Friday. Friday's high will be close to 90 degrees, making it the warmest day since last August 3rd. The atmosphere may let off a bit of steam with a shower or thunderstorm Friday afternoon.

Important things first: Shea Stadium will see a bit of rain and wind this evening. Not ideal weather for baseball, but they should be able to get the game in. Yankee Stadium will also see a bit of wind and rain, but it doesn't really matter.

The city escaped the worst of the winter storm's impact. There are a couple of inches of snow and ice on the ground at Gothamist's weather perch high above the Hudson northwest of the city. If you are going to drive north of the city please be careful, as you may still run into freezing rain.

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center released its winter weather outlook yesterday. It can be said with a great deal of certainty that the outlook for New York and the rest of the northeast is for equal chances of above, below, or near normal temperatures and precipitation from December through February.

Yes, welcome back little boy, Christ child... NOAA has announced the return of the warm waters to the Eastern Pacific, though noting that this time, it's not as strong. "Weaker" is the decription that they use actually. The last El Niño, was in 1997-1998 when it seemed that everything and anything weatherwise was being blamed on the friggen thing. Rain? El Niño. Cold? El Niño. Warm? El Niño. Headache? El Niño.

The upcoming presidential election between John Kerry and George Bush is expected to be close. Gothamist wonders if the election is going to be so tight, might the weather affect the outcome? Two geographers at Indiana State University have studied voting patterns of Indiana and Kentucky and found that minimum temperature and precipitation affect voter turnout. The deterrent effect of cold, rainy weather is large enough that it may influence the outcome of the vote in states where the election is close. Independent voters were more deterred by inclement weather than registered Democrats or Republicans. The authors of the study caution that the weather effect may not hold true for other states.